PETALING JAYA: Women's doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah's run in the China Masters ended after they went down to South Korea's Baek Ha-na-Lee So-hee in the quarter-finals.
Pearly-Thinaah had a good opportunity to win when they led 20-17 in the third game but could not hold on and lost 21-23, 21-19, 20-22 in an energy sapping 88-minute match at the Shenzhen Arena on Friday (Sept 19).
It was the World Championships silver medallists' third defeat to world No. 7 Baek Ha-na-Lee-So-hee in six meetings.
"Today's match was a mental test. Physically, everyone is tired. We kept holding on on court but in the end we rushed too much when had match points," said Pearly in a post-match interview with the Badminton World Federation (BWF)/
Thinaah said: "Our opponents were more patient than us, so this is a lesson for us. We need to learn from this.
